Sri Lanka inflation at 7.6-pct in November

Dec 01, 2017 06:17 AM GMT+0530 | 0 Comment(s)

ECONOMYNEXT - Sri Lanka's inflation in the 12-months to November 2017 was 7.6 percent, with consumer prices rising 1.2 percent in the month, the third straight month, the index has risen, official data shows.

The Colombo Consumer Price Index grew from 120.8 points to 122.2 points in the month of December, the state statistics office said.

Since 2016, rates have gone up, it is no longer printing money and credit has eased, but it is following a controversial policy of targeting a real effective exchange rate index (REER), involving further weakening of the currency and generating more inflation down the line.

Before moving to the REER targeting policy, the central bank was targeting monetary aggregates while targeting a soft-exchange rate peg.

Sri Lanka has promised to move into a 'flexible inflation targeting' regime. (Colombo/Nov30/2017)